Finding Being Prior to the Blank Mind

What is meant by ‘blank mind’ when advised not to go to the blank mind but to go to being? Rupert says: ‘Being, or the presence of awareness, is not a blank empty state. It is only the object-knowing mind that superimposes blankness or emptiness onto awareness and considers it boring. Imagine a woman who comes back from vacation and notices her favourite painting is missing. She sees the absence of the painting, while her friend sees the presence of the wall. Similarly, the object-knowing mind projects emptiness onto awareness. But if you were to ask being about its experience of itself, it would never reply “I am empty” because it’s not comparing itself with objects. Being would reply “I am full, not full of objects, but full of myself alone. I am replete, I am sufficient, I am whole, I am perfect.”’

From event 05 - 12 April, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Mandali, 5–12 April 2025

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